Vai Ma’amaloa is 17 years old, and his father has just accepted the position of Chief Science Officer aboard the G.E.V. Shadow, a retrofitted warship tasked with exploring the unknown reaches of the galaxy.
Now, Vai will have to come to terms with leaving his old life behind.
As he forges new relationships aboard the Shadow, and tries to settle . . .

It's not easy mode, it's Hardcore

The Qi Worlds Project is embarking on stage one. Eleven candidates have been selected to participate, from China and around the world. The Qi Worlds Project is essentially an experiment to develop the qi manipulation skills of the participants, while they are in a virtual environment.
Ben is ones of those participants and while he has had experience with . . .

Five siblings fight monsters and solve age-old mysteries in the fantastical city of Grimoire.

In the mysterious town of Grimoire, wielders of incredible magic fight to protect the unwitting populace from horrifying monsters. Well-known among these mages are the Greysons, a family whose renown is well-earned. But as new revelations come to light about the monsters they fight, the magical community is split, and sinister plots and betrayals are coming to fruition. How will . . .

Psychic Robots, Mysteries and Violence

Battery and Coil are two psychic robots of varying competence living in a giant city contained entirely within a stone box. Nobody in Psychobox City knows why they’re there, how long they’ve been there or what’s outside. Battery and Coil intend to find out.
. . .

In inceptum finis est.

In the year 2038, the city of North Brook is under siege by a malicious organization bent on revenge. One man, Jack Nomad, is determined to find the leader of this group as he looks for the answers regarding the disappearance of his friend. Other characters join along, including the quiet Kira Young, who has a secret of her own.
. . .

On a mildly chilly winter’s night in the city of Brisbane, a teenage girl suddenly bursts into flames. This wouldn’t be out of ordinary, except for the part where they then burn her to death, leaving behind a single word in the ashes. Officially, the police think it’s spontaneous combustion. Certain people think otherwise.
June Young is trying not . . .

A miracle, a curse, or unbelievable?

What would happen if Alfred Hitchcock were to wake up in the Twilight Zone? In this unnamed town, X does just that and shares with me alone all he sees and meets. He’s unable to escape and neither am I as I share all the stories he shares with me.
. . .

The art of conversation, sharpened to a point by a savoury serial killer.

Banter is the story of a prolifically talented serial killer, who wields wit and intelligence like knives.
He’s witty, he’s handsome, and he’s everything they’ve always wanted; that is all his women know when they take him home. He is The Fickle Killer, and he has just wooed his latest victim. But what she doesn’t share during their razor . . .

Rachel leads two lives—the one where she works in a café and gossips with her best friend Lucy, and the one where she’s a fervent animal activist, risking arrest with every new facility she breaks into. There’s something different about this job, though, something that doesn’t quite add up, but when Lucy goes missing, Rachel has more than enough to . . .

To tourists, Caribou Canyon is an idyllic Colorado mountain town—one made even more enjoyable by the ghost stories told at local inns. But outsiders don’t know about the frequent disappearances and grisly murders. The residents know, and they might care—if these weren’t the things that made them some of the richest and most powerful people in the world. As the . . .

Sci Fi Private Eye

Humanity has spread across the stars. In the far reaches of space, a new colony is being built by Terragon Industries. The planet known as Haven is planned to be a designer colony where the rich can settle and thrive. For now, the planet is mostly inhabitable except for the large dome that covers an area the size of New . . .

A story of 7 individuals trapped in a maze like bunker of a building. They must find a way out or risk facing death at the hands of a mastermind with a point to prove. Will they all perish in this odd experiment of a game or will their wit, cunning and keen understanding in science, logic and puzzle solving . . .

Random Editorial Review

Aug 5, 2008: I feel like I know my way around Washington DC now, that’s for sure.

This was one of those stories that I wanted to like because I liked the idea of a private investigator that specialized in the occult. There’s a lot of weird stuff in this world. Really, it’s only natural that someone like him would exist. Kind of like a Monk meets Buffy type of thing. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t get into it.

Random Member Review

Dec 7, 2008: I don’t recall how I stumbled across the Germaine Truth, but once I discovered it and realized what it was, I was in love.

As a web professional and web creative, it is especially dear to me when I find people who are truly telling "Net native" stories. And while one could argue that The Germain Truth only translates printed media to the web, I would say it does more than that. Instead of telling one story, The Germaine Truth instead [more . . .]